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And the finale of season Two of Egyptian revolution is here

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Just like any revolution in the world , the Egyptian revolution passes through stages or like TV shows' seasons and we finished its first season on February 11,2011 and we are starting to have a special long 4 episodes from the finale of season 2 of Egyptian revolution this weekend.

The finale started yesterday with the decree issued by the minister of justice that gives the military police and the military intelligence the right to arrest non military citizens till we have a new constitution. It is an unprecedented decree that was never issued even in the time of Nasser himself !! This decree is already not only against the laws , constitutional declaration and the powers of the minister of justice but also the international human rights laws. Already some activists said that the crimes that military will arrest the civilians for include : striking , cutting roads ,thuggery , protesting against ruler and spreading lies in the media !!

Then the master scene of the finale after few hours at the supreme constitutional court : The fate of both parliament and the presidential elections. The supreme constitutional court will see if the parliamentary elections were valid or invalid thus the current people's assembly can be disbanded. The court will Also revise the constitutionality of disenfranchisement law and this revision may lead to the exclusion of Shafik from the presidential race. Already there are six scenarios for the verdicts after few hours :

  1. The court may adjourn the announcement of the verdicts
  2. The court may disband the parliament and disqualify Shafik thus we will have new presidential and parliamentary elections again.
  3. The court may disband the parliament and let Shafik continue in the race.
  4. The court may leave the parliament as it is and disqualify Shafik from the race
  5. The court may adjourn the sentence in the parliament case and let Shafik continue in the race.
  6. The court may leave the parliament as it is and disqualify Shafik from the race.
There are legal technical details again and there are several scenarios related to each prediction. Now the most common scenarios you will hear from lawmakers , constitutional law experts as well sources near to the court as well to SCAF speak about scenario no.1,2,3 and 5.

Interestingly and ironically enough the head of the supreme constitutional court is none other than Farouk Sultan , the head of the Presidential elections committee that said Shafik can run for presidency and referred the disenfranchisement law to the court !!

Another thing all observers know that the court's verdicts will be political ones and it is only enough that court issue them but SCAF to implement them.

If you connect the dots with the : The spy ad , the anti-Ikhwan campaign and the rise of NDP once again , you will know that the scene is being prepared for the revenge of Mubarak's scene.It is like the Empire strikes back in the Star wars saga.

This could be the last big dance of the Mubarak regime that returned back and proud , in fact it is the big last dance of an old corrupted rotten regime. That scene was too visualized in my mind when I saw the attendance of Shafik's last conference in Grand Hyatt that was organized by Egyptian Canadian businessmen association. Mona Gamal Abdel Nasser was there , Jihan El Sadat was there, members of the NDP out and proud were there and businessmen fear social Justice and true state of the law were there. The scene was in that meeting was summarized in the quote of former footballer Mostafa Younes " I am proud of being regime remnant because they are the only people who love the country !!!"

We will see what happen insha Allah after few hours ,hopefully it will be the best the option for Egypt by God's well.


Live Blogging : And the Big Verdicts are here

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Now there are hundreds of protesters in front of the Supreme constitutional court in Maadi waiting the court’s verdict in the disenfranchisement law and the parliamentary elections.

Interestingly enough the number of security forces from police and army forces is double the number of protesters !! Already traffic is messed up in the area there.

The first case is the constitutionality of the disenfranchisement law.

I will not speak about speculations or leaks but you must know that Ahmed Shafik got a rally event today as well a TV interview at night. Also three members of the Presidential elections committee are members of the Supreme constitutional court.

 

Update :

  • Shafiq continues in the race
  • The court dissolves 1/3 of the parliament “Individual seats” which means the whole parliament will be disbanded because according to the constitutional declaration the Parliament should not be less than 350 members.
  • The legislative powers are transferred from the parliament to SCAF which will form the constitutional assembly tomorrow
The next parliament will include all sort of NDP croonies and thieves. Expect everything including Algerian scenario. Forget the revolution now as it is an official coup



I am tired , shocked and angry . I am speechless and I do not feel like writing anything after after all what I shall write if my newly elected president is Shafik

And the next President will make us laugh till cry without doubt !!

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Regardless of who will become the next president of Egypt , I am sure there will be upcoming jams he will say in his speeches and interview. 

Ahmed Shafik and Mohamed Morsi proved to be the most entertaining presidential candidates with their jams in the past weeks. Ahram Online made a great report about their bizarre quotes that you must read.

They are the worst uncharismatic speakers in the world honestly  to level that it will make you cry on how the upcoming president of Egypt will be , the country of Nasser and Sadat is going to be ruled by one these two men !! Of course our condolence is that Mubarak was not a great speaker and he ruled us for 30 years !!!

Now all the indications show that Ahmed Shafik will be our next president unfortunately so you will find me sharing some of his jams like from his last interview with Emad Adeeb before the electoral silence more than Morsi !!

Adeeb “who is known for his support to Mubarak’s regime” asked Shafik how he described Mubarak’s regime as “dictatorship” where as he was part of it and at the same time how someone who was a member in such regime would lead a civilian democratic state. You can watch the video after the break in Arabic

Shafik : I am not a dictator in my own house !!

The answer of Shafik was :

I am not a dictator in my house

Then after reminding Adeeb that he was a part of the Mubarak regime and Adeeb tells that he is running for presidency , Shafik says :

The regime is dictatorship but those work under it in their positions are not dictators , if they are small dictators in their positions then it is not a dictatorship regime !!

Do not even ask !!

People in the studio laughed and the big Mubarak supporter had to tell them that they should stop because it is not a joke !!!!

Since his famous “ I killed and get killed” on ONTV appearance with Alaa Al Aswany in the famous debate in February 2011 and Shafik was sure leading the bizarre quotes race in Egypt. 

The ultimate jam he said that was in his interview with Moatez El Damerdesh tops everything he said.

Ahmed Shafiq : The nature of the valley inhabitants

Ahram Online dear friends Hatem Maher and Sherif Tarek could not easily translate its beginning in to English

If you try to make (a missing word!) in your artificial line today, some corners will change to hate more just because he (no one knows who that is) is not on your side now, of course."

but another dear friend translated it as it is

If you try to make on your side today the industrial… Some corners will turn into more hater than just not on your side

On other hand I am deeply concerned and offended about what he said regarding the valley’s inhabitants because it shows how he really thinks about Egyptians “Easily driven” .

It is really easy to regain what you lost, this is the nature of the valleys' residents, especially if our valley's weather is nice, especially with our weather. Our valley has a canal that separates the east from the west. In addition, the labour in our valley would only cost dimes. All these are elements of preference, so why don't they come here? The planes pass above us to take the brand factories from Europe and deliver them to China and Malaysia, and lately, unfortunately, take them to Indonesia, where the weather is a million times worse than ours, and on 3000 islands and so tiring. We just lack credibility in the system of the Egyptian rule. And as I told you (TV presenter Moataz El-Demerdash) before, the residents of the valleys can be easily lived with and driven

Some say he was drunk, other say that he was tired “what he will do if he is elected as a president !!?”  but according to doctors as well friends who take tranquilizers , this man is on tranquilizers and this is another reason I am concerned from his decision as a president.  Not that I am not concerned from Morsi’s decisions as a president but because I know Shafik has become the president idol already. This combination is much worse for any country.

I will not speak about his Arabic or grammar but the man needs lessons in Arabic language just like King Abdullah II of Jordan if he is going to be the president of Egypt , the leading country in the Arab world because our Arab brothers and sisters noticed his poor Arabic language in the speeches. Ironically he needs to read more Holy Quran loud to adjust how he pronounces certain words.

Regarding the presidential elections runoffs

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After less than 12 hours the polling stations in Egypt will open its doors to receive theoretically not less than 50 million voters who choose between Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik or to invalidate their votes or even to boycott it on two days "Satuday and Sunday"

According to presidential elections' first stage's elections the the majority of the voters boycotted the elections "nearly 30 millions" but of course most of these 30 millions didn't boycott for political reasons like some think.There is a fear that there will be wide boycotting and people do not show in the polling stations as much as it is needed to make it look successful and this is why SCAF as well the Muslim brotherhood launched a campaign against boycotters.

I know both men do not represent the revolution or deserve the title of "The president of the second republic" in reference to the civilian state after 60 years of military rule. I know one of them will be the 5th president of Egypt who starts his reign in the most critical time not in Egypt but in the Arab world. It is enough that on Monday one of them will be announced as the winner while it is unclear what his powers are till SCAF will issue a new constitutional declaration with the president's powers in the upcoming hours or days , may be they need to know who the president will be.

Most indications show that Shafik will be the president especially with the judicial arrest powers of the military police , the supreme constitutional court's verdict to dissolve the parliament , the return of all Mubarak's NDP cronies and men and the terrible campaign against MB that tells anybody that they are going to be crucified so soon. "Many Egyptians now believe that the MB are going to sell the Suez canal to Qatar"

The position of the Muslim brotherhood after what happened last Thursday is amazing : complete silence , is it the calm after the storm I do not know. Will there be new talks between Khairat El Shater and Anan in those hours ?? God and few humans in Egypt only know !!

everybody knows it will be like hell after the presidential elections , there is lots of fear without doubt. It is crazy time. I do not know if it is worse than 1954 or better but I am praying to God for the sake of the martyrs who died in the past months that their dream comes true.

I do not know what I am going to do tomorrow , I know choosing Shafik is out of question for me so I have got these options : To vote for Morsi , To invalidate my vote or To boycott the runoffs altogether.

I am exhausted , in fact all the youth as well the people are exhausted. There is reason behind prolonging the transitional period.

#Polls : Who will be our next president ?

#Egyelections : Runoffs Live Coverage

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9 AM CLT

From an hour ago the polling stations opened their doors for the voters. The queues are not that long compared to the first stage whether in Cairo or in Alexandria according to eye witnesses despite the Egyptian TV channels reports there is noticeable turn out in women’s polling stations !!
Amr Moussa is voting at Fatma Anan school. It is expected that Shafik will vote in the same polling station that is being guarded heavily by police and army forces.

Here is a photo showing men’s queue outside a polling station in Cairo by dear Dr. Ahmed


9.48 AM CLT


Shafik is in his way to vote in the Fatma Anan polling station at the same time Morsi is staying at Sharkia government where he is going to vote in Zagzig , the capital of Sharkia governorate. Today Cairo's temperature will reach to 39 degrees.

Here is a photo from Reuters

They will vote for Shafik for sure .

10:43 AM

Jimmy Carter is reportedly observing the elections at a school in Boulaq Abu Ela , Cairo. The Boycotters campaign is distributing posters and flyers against the elections in the Metro station.

Ahmed Shafik is currently casting his vote with huge security measures , he was attacked in the first stage by protesters.

Here is a ballot card invalidated by tweep Mariam Ibrahim who wrote about Shafik and Morsi “ The military’s dog, the guide’s dog”

@12:30 PM CLT

The presidential elections committee announced that the polling stations will be open till 9 PM.

Ann Peterson visited coupe of polling stations in Haram before heading to Giza’s polling stations.

Morsi voted it in Sharkia then returned back to Cairo to visit couple of polling stations. The two campaigns of Morsi and Shafiq accuse each other of violating the laws…etc.

@1:33 PM CLT

It is boring , so much boring anyhow here are more photos showing the invalid ballots

By Maha Abdel Nasser

It is so boring.

@10:57 PM

The polling stations closed it doors at 9 PM. It is not excited anymore because actually we got political crisis without doubt. There is a low turnout thanks to two important facts : People are indifferent and frustrated, they believe Shafik will come and the weather is extremely hot.

Reporters and journalists had tough day in Egypt especially the foreign correspondents because of Shafik’s supporters. Activists also suffered a lot , some of them were detained and released. 

Here are photos from today’s elections by Jonathan Rashad

#Egyelections : It is matter of hours

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It is only matter of 12 hours when the polling stations are closed and the votes counting will start across the country where we will have a new President of Egypt by tomorrow’s early morning.

There are hopes and expectations that the turnout increases on Sunday compared to yesterday’s very low turnout that some expected to be nearly 40%. Again frustration and terrible hot weather make many people believe it is not worth it unfortunately.

I passed by a polling station today in the way to my work to find it empty. It is downtown Cairo.  It is weak turnout all over the polling stations.

Yesterday the ministry of health reported that 35 were fell sick in the polling stations including 3 judges.

Both campaigns depend on the negative publicity of the other , of course the media is treating the Muslim brotherhood just like the days of Mubarak.

Another important remark I noticed yesterday and somebody brought it up : Where are the Salafists ?? The Salafists are nowhere to be seen.

@11:28 AM

Low turnout is the common between all the polling stations in the country so far. In Cairo there are empty polling stations technically. The turnout can be less than 30% if it continues like that. The turnout is low so far in Cairo, Alexandria , Suez, Kafr El Sheikh. Again the weather can play important role here.

The army is distributing these flyers in Cairo to encourage people to go and to vote. “Screen shot by Samir Omar

 

Now it is noticeable today and yesterday that the participation of the elderly is higher than youth , young Egyptians  are boycotting the elections as it seems from their turnout. Even those young Egyptians went to the polling stations , many of them invalidated their votes including those who are not political activists.

@2:21 PM

Voting is extended to 9 PM once again today.

SCAF will issue an annex to the constitutional declaration with the president’s powers within the upcoming 48 hours , I believe they will do it today so they do not like tailoring the annex according to the winner . Anyhow this annex will make from the upcoming president a puppet in the hand of SCAF.

Voting Girl 2012 :Presidential elections Runoffs 2012

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And I went to the vote in the presidential elections runoffs of 2012 with heavy heart and small hope that my vote will ever be accounted in the victorious finalist candidate's side
I went to vote and this morning I had three options in front of me : To boycott the elections altogether and stay at home or to invalidate my vote or to vote Morsi.
I respect and admire those who went to invalidate their votes including many of my friends as well I do respect and admire those who boycotted the election because one thing of sure the legitimacy of the upcoming president would be the legitimacy of few millions out of the 90 millions Egyptians.
Before heading to work , I had two options : To invalidate my vote or to vote Morsi. After finishing work and heading to the polling station , I made up my mind already. 
When I arrived at my polling station “Al Orman Secondary school” at 4:45 PM in Agouza , I found it empty , EMPTY. Unlike last time there are police officers in the all women’s polling station along with army personnel. They were friendly and helping old ladies in finding their numbers in the voters registry which is strangely turned to be not that national security as SPEC claimed !!
I asked the police officers about the turnout and they told me that it was lower than yesterday attributing the reasons behind this low turnout to the hot weather expecting higher turn later at night. FYI : I got journalism permit so it is easy to have friendly chats with police and army officers.
I went to my committee which was the young ladies to find it empty and the judge technically sleeping and exhausting. The station was empty , it was like as if I was the first one that would see after hours and hours of waiting. Through little chats and the judge I was reassured that the turnout was low. The registered voters were 5600 and only 2000 showed up and voted till that time. They also told me that many voters from young ladies came and invalidated their votes.
Now to the big moment : …..
I voted for Morsi
yes I voted for Morsi and I see your mouths are dropped but just wait.
I voted for Morsi and I think that 75% he will not win the elections.
I voted for Morsi because now I know that the Muslim brotherhood will not control the country especially after the historical decision of the Supreme constitutional court to dissolve the democratic elected parliament with Islamist majority. Already even with that parliament which I confess was disappointed “yet it was the public’s choice” , I was not scared that much from Muslim brotherhood’s president for one simple equation :
The Muslim brotherhood has not controlled the army nor the police nor the media nor the people where as Ahmed Shafik got in his side SCAF , the police that felt humiliated after the revolution , corrupted NDP who want to regain power from MB , the corrupted businessmen who are scared from the social justice demand and the corrupted Mubarak media that is made of being marginalized for a whole year.
Ironically if I want to revolt against President Morsi , it will be much easier to get support from the army and the police as well many sectors in the society.
I voted for Morsi and I hate and refuse the Muslim brotherhood and their program whether the political or social or economic program. I voted for Morsi and I know that I will be opponent to him and his brotherhood.
I voted for Morsi and I know that the Muslim brotherhood will and are doing deals with SCAF and the US . Already I knew while I was voting , Saad El Katanany was sitting with SCAF members to negotiate about the fate of the Parliament.
I voted for Morsi yet I refuse and hate his conservative views. I voted for him and I believe that he is not the best man to lead Egypt but rather the less evil than Shafik and what he represents from prolonging that rotten regime that made Egypt hit rock bottom for years. .
I voted for Morsi because I can’t accept the return of NDP and Mubarak’s regime in new clothes. I voted for Morsi because I do not want to see media charlatans like Abdel Kamel , Siyad Ali and the worst TV host Egypt has seen Tawfik Okasha leading the media scene. 
I voted for Morsi because I will be fooling myself if I though that there will be real change when Ahmed Shafik writes bank checks to the NDP cronies in Qena to get their votes.
I met the delegates of Morsi and Shafiq and they were friendly with each other. As I was leaving a met a lady janitor in her late 20s who stopped me after knowing that I am a reporter to tell me that she did not know whom she should elect saying the following :
Whom shall I elect ? Both men suck and not good ? There are no voters like before as everybody is frustrated and lost unlike before we had Hamdeen and Abu El Fotouh.Unlike the rich people I know that I will price of electing anyone of them , I work as a janitor. They tell me to elect Shafik because things can’t get any worse but what about those kids who were killed !!??
Do you know how I felt when I hear this sweet lady like that ? I was happy because I know there is change.
I could not tell her to elect Morsi or invalidate her vote because there was an army solider besides plus it is against the law.
In my way out I found flocks of ladies from all generations from the Middle and Upper Middle Class heading to the polling station.
I went to another polling station , the Kommia school polling station which got two committees for ladies and men. I knew from the judge at the men’s poll that the number of registered voters was 4,960 but only 2500 showed up.
Where are the people ??
He asked. The lady judge at the women’s poll on the hand told me that there was not big difference from the first stage despite it was not crowded like before.
This is my big Voting Girl 2012 Runoffs post , I hope next time insh Allah it will be more cheerful.

The constitutional declaration annex aka The Salmi document 2012

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And SCAF has issued the awaited Constitutional declaration to determine the powers of the upcoming president who will be known for real by the morning.The annex in brief is the old Salmi document that proposed as a supplement for the constitution and suggested special place for SCAF and the army in even worse way as it stripped the president from any control on the army till allegedly we get a new constitution.
  • According to This annex SCAF got legislative power and is responsible for the public budget !!!!
  • According to this annex SCAF appoints the commanders of the army which means the loyalty of the army will be for SCAF and its commanders in a way that reminds me with Turkey. SCAF controls everything related to the army to the level that the president can not declare a war without the approval of SCAF.
  • The president, SCAF , supreme courts can remove the articles that they are 'against the revolution goals' or that they do not from the draft constitution !! "in other word , SCAF will keep the articles they want and remove what they do not want which means special position for the army
  • The constitutent assembly should be formed within a week by SCAF.
MB's Mohamed Albeltagy issued a strong statement against the annex considering it as another indication on the military coup we are having in Cairo.Dr.Mohamed ElBaradei also slammed it. Kolena Khaled Said Page made an event online to show the refusal of the Egyptian public online.
We do not know yet the results of the elections ,some suspect that this annex means Morsi will become a president because according to it he will have no poor !! Well guess what I always expect the worst with SCAF nowadays and may be Shafik will be the president and as a military man they fear that he would turn against them.
More to come insh Allah this is too much for my brain to process right now.

And the New Egyptian President is ……….. "Updated"

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@8:48 AM

And the initial results in 26 governorates shows Morsi can be very very close to the presidential palace more than we can think.
Mohamed Morsi 52.87% 11,749,489
Ahmed Shafik 47.12% 10,473,429
The only governorate we are waiting for its full results is Cairo that already favors Shafik over Morsi. Already 96% of its results have been known but we are waiting for the results of West Cairo. Here is a great interactive map from Ahram Online which I stole all the info from there.
By Ahram Online without Cairo
Here is another interactive map from Morsi’s campaign , ironically they are classifying the governorates in to red and blue like the red and blue states !!
Morsi held a press conference at 4 AM declaring his early victory. “I did not like the move by the way”
Here is a photo gallery from the conference by dear Jonathan Rashad.

I woke up already by their supporters’ celebrations in the streets “I leave near the house of martyr Mostafa El Sawy of MB who was killed on January 28,2011.”
Now here is the result of the Egyptian Expats elections abroad :
Mohamed Morsi 222,009
Ahmed Shafik 74723
It is worth to mention that the results of Egyptian Expats’ vote have not been declared officially by SPEC.  It is expected to be announced on today at the ministry of foreign affairs.
Tens of MB supporters  are celebrating their initial victory in Tahrir square and actually the Shafik’s supporters White cabbies are not that happy with these results. Again it is too early to celebrate in this way.

@ 11:00 AM

Ok from an hour ago the polling stations officially closed their doors in front of voters and the votes count has started officially across 13,000 polling stations in 27 governorates. A long sleepless night not only Egyptians but also Arabic are watching carefully to know who will the next 5th president of Egypt : Mohamed Morsi or Ahmed Shafik.
The results of the small polling stations began to find way online form governorates.
I think it is going to be a very long night.
May Allah bless the souls of our martyrs who brought to us this moment regardless how defected it is. Nothing is perfect.

The Corniche of Alexandria in the old days

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A little break from politics
Here is a very old photo from Alexandria circa 1920 at the Raml station showing its famous Corniche.

Of course now we got a very different scene now. I am searching for the same location now , if you got it please share it with us.

Morsi's supporters celebrate their victory and Shafik's supporters celebrate their victory !!

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Earlier today I went to Tahrir square and covered the celebration of Mohamed Morsi and Muslim brotherhood supporters with the initial results that crowned him as the next president of Egypt.Tens of Muslim brotherhood protesters came to Tahrir square to celebrate the results since early morning. I think it is too early to celebrate the unofficial victory , I fear things can change from Monday to Thursday. I have not seen any religious slogans during my stay in Tahrir till 11 AM to be honest.
Now from my conversations with most of the MB's supporters I am worried from their reaction if the Presidential elections committee comes and declares Shafik as a winner on Thursday , I fear Algerian scenario for real this time. You can not charge people with hope and victory like that , then give them the shock of their lives !!
Here are the photos I took today.


On the other hand Shafik's campaign hold a press conference this afternoon declaring that Shafik got 51% unlike what the Muslim brotherhood was claiming. This announcement gave huge hope to Shafik's supporters and some of them have already gone to celebrate at his HQ in Dokki !!!
Shafik's supporters by Sarah Carr 
This is the result of having a presidential elections committee that decided to delay the announcement of the official presidential elections results to Thursday !! There is no country in the world does this except Egypt of course , we are exception !!

Breaking : Mubarak is dead clinically !! "Updated"

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It is not a rumor after all !!
MENA has just reported from short awhile ago that ousted President Hosni Mubarak has died clinically in Maadi Military hospital.
From couple of hours we read news that Mubarak was going to transfer Maadi hospital from Tora prison hospital because his heart stopped for three times. We thought it was his usual death/alive rumor but now it is confirmed by the official news agency of the Egyptian state “MENA”
Mubarak was ousted on February 11,2011. He was sentenced 25 years in jail for the killing of the protesters in #Jan25 earlier this month.

Updated : 

According to two military sources to Reuters Mubarak is not dead but rather unconscious on respirators . Anyhow aside from anonymous sources , we got Mamdouh Shahin of SCAF speaking to Christine Amanpour about Mubrak's condition denying the news published in MENA and made international headlines in no time.

Let the psychological warfare began , it is rumors time in Cairo in very hot time

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As we are in a huge war right , there is a big psychological warfare whose main weapons are rumors now. It is matter of 48 hours of declaring officially the next president of Egypt.

Now we got foreign correspondents telling us they got contacts who got friends in the army and intelligence that Shafik will be announced as the Winner of the elections with difference of 260,000 votes between him and Morsi !!! Strangely this rumor was spread in Cairo too.

The tweet of Daragahi fuel huge fire in Egypt From Dubai we found Dhai Khalfan who hates the Muslim brotherhood than death claiming that Shafik won and difference between him and Morsi is 350,000 votes !!!!
At the same time we got another wave rumors told to the foreign correspondents and Egyptians who got friends again in army and intelligence who tell them to stock food because SCAF will impose curfew Thursday after announcing Shafik as president as clashes will take place. These rumors are confirmed by claims that government is transferring all important documents from all important offices downtown.
Since afternoon and people are sharing these rumors on BBM and What's App like fire.
Meanwhile the Morsi supporters are defending themselves and the victory of their candidates , you find them saying that Abdullah Kamel ,the infamous NDP journalist and member of Shafik media campaign is the responsible for these rumors.
Things are heated already especially after the claim of Shafik's campaign that he won the elections where as the MB held a press conference to assure Morsi's victory showing the results of the subsidiary polling stations and even uploading these results online.
By the way the latest rumor in the block is the death of Hosni Mubarak !!

Sudan Revolts :Watch this uprising

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Some Arab rulers or shall I say dictators think that the fact that the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia as well Syria and Libya face ups and down will make them safe from that revolutionary wave taking the world and not only the Arab region thanks to the terrible economy worldwide.

Among these Arab rulers the ICC criminal ruler that was backed by Mubarak’s regime for years Omar El Bashir in Sudan. For fours days now Sudanese students are having an amazing uprising against the government after its announcement that it will adopt austerity measures. So far the protests are concentrated in universities and markets in Khartoum and Omdurman

Several activists have been arrested in Khartoum including women activists  who have been reportedly mistreated. Just today the authorities arrested former presidential candidate and human rights activists Kamil Idris. Among other activists who have been arrested in the past 24 hours in Khartoum vlogger Naglaa Siyad Ahmed and her husband whom were taken earlier today by the National state security. Naglaa Ahmed already was assaulted by security forces last April while covering a funeral of a university student that was killed by those forces. “You can watch here speaking about her arrest and the assault”

Some newspaper have been confiscated as well.

The Sudanese activists are already preparing for big protests next June 30th,2012. There is a political opposition movement already growing in Sudan called “Girifna” { We are fed up} that wants to bring down the National Congress Party “NCP” dictatorship regime seeking freedom , peace and social justice.

Despite it seems to be hard to find images from the protests , citizen journalists began to upload some videos on YouTube.

Here are videos showing the protesters on June 17th, 2012 in the University of Khartoum.

Khartoum : The University of Khartoum protests on June 17th ,2012

Khartoum : The University of Khartoum protests on June 17th ,2012

Here is a video from the protests in University of Khartoum on June 18th, 2012 where security forces fired tear gas grenades and hurled rocks at the protesting students !!

Khartoum : The University of Khartoum protest on June 18th,2012

Here is a video from today’s protests in Downtown Khartoum filmed by my dear friend Salma showing the clashes between the University students “Faculty of Technology” and the security forces.

Khartoum : Students protest

In another part of the city , citizens protested against the government in Al Araby market.

Khartoum : Al Araby market protest

There was a protest in Um Dorman at the HQ of the National Umma Party that was cracked down by security forces.

Um Dorman : National Umma Party protest

I feel sad that these protests are not covered in the Pan Arab media as it should , what is taking place right now is not less serious than what is taking place in Egypt and Syria !!

By the way I am so much disgusted by the mockery of some brothers in the Gulf about the Sudanese uprising. I am so tired from the assumption that these protesters are being agents to the West and Iran , the enemies of the religion who turned the Sudanese against their beloved the government !!

Anyhow the US state department has issued a statement yesterday about the protests denouncing the violent crackdown against protesters.

I do not know what kind of logic is this , Iran and the West at the same time cursing El Assad in your bio !!

Now for real news coverage from Sudan , I recommend you to follow my dear sweet friend Salma El Wardany in Sudan , May God protect her there. You can else follow the hashtag of Sudan Revolts whether in Arabic or English to get the info from Sudan in real time.


#Sudan Revolts : Now The regime targets journalists and bloggers !! #FreeSalma

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This is the sort of news I do not want to cover or write. My dear sweet friend Salma Al Wardany , Al Ahram Online journalist and Bloomberg’s correspondent in Khartoum has been arrested while covering the protests at the University of Khartoum.
El Wardany was arrested by the NISS “Sudan’s National Sudanese State security” along with blogger and tweep Maha El Senoussy.
Salma’s mobile phone was switched from short awhile ago , we can not get in to her. Even Bloomberg failed to reach to her. Her last tweet is from three hours. These are the tweets both young ladies wrote in their twitter accounts

There is no information to where they have been taken to according to Sudanese activists and tweeps.
We need more info as well more more noise only. I do not even know we should contact the Egyptian embassy or not !!
According to the citizen journalists and tweeps in Khartoum several activists have been arrested today. They also report that the students that were arrested yesterday have been sentenced to lashing for protesting !!
If you know anything or you can help , please do Salma’s family and friends in Cairo including me are extremely worried.

Updated: 

Good news Al Ahram contacted the ministry of foreign affairs and according to minister of foreign affairs' spokesperson she will be released. Salma spoke to her sister dear Lina and she told her that she is fine but is being interrogated and has not been released yet.
According to Sudanese activist she can be deported today.
Another good news is that Maha Senoussy has been released as well.
According to Sudanese activists , Salma and Maha were being interrogated at the Sudanese intelligence for 5 hours.

@4:43 PM 

Salma has been released , she does not know if she is going to be deported or  not , she was not mistreated. Thank Goodness.

The Tahrir Old man

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This old man has become another icon of the famous Tahrir square icons. He joined the revolution since February 2011 and since then he has not left it.
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All what is known about this man is that his name is Radwan , an Upper Egyptian war veteran who joined the Egyptian army months before the six days defeat and left it in 1974 after the 1973 victory. After that he returned back to Upper Egypt then went back to South Sinai and to live there for the rest of his till he moved to Tahrir square to fulfill the demands of the Egyptian 25 January revolution .                              
I know that in time of Shafik as a president , that old man will be arrested and sent to some mental asylum for believing in mythical thing as #Jan25
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Here is a beautiful portrait for Sheikh Radwan by Walid Yassin.

#Sudan Revolts : It is getting serious

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Ok at the same time the Presidential elections results action movie is reaching to its climax , things are developing rapidly in Khartoum with the increase of protests in the city.
It is no longer students protests , it is developing to something else and unfortunately media is not paying attention as usual. We have to pay attention to this uprising in Sudan and support the people’s demand , we paid a lot as a country for keeping silence on the crimes of El Bashir , enough is enough.
Anyhow enough of speaking and useless introduction , this is a blog not a news website. Today as soon as Friday prayers finished protests have not stopped till this late hour in several areas in . The protests of today are called among Sudanese according to Girfana activists : Sandstorm Friday. The rallies just like in Egypt and Syria started from mosques. Regimes should not underestimate any economic decision that would affect the people’s lives anymore.
A protest from Al Abyad area "Sudan motion" 
The protests are still going in this late hour in Wad Nubawi “In Omdurman”, Jara and Sahafa area in Khartoum
Protesters at Sahafa street in Khartoum "Sudan Motion"


The security forces began to use more violence in cracking down the increasing protests with the increasing use of tear gas against protesters and their arrests. Here is a photo showing a security truck used to arrest protesters today in Khartoum.
The truck by Girfana Media
Many protesters have been arrested today including the members of Girfana who have become the new headache. Some activists have been released  hours after their arrests while other activists have been released till this hour including my dear tweep friend Usama Mohamed aka @simsimt. “His last tweep is from 7 hours ago and he was seen for the last time in a demo in  Burri area.”
Based on information from Sudanese netizens 60 protesters have been arrested.

Protesters at Wad Nabawy area "Sudan Motion"

Protesters at Al Nil city "Sudan Motion"
The last arresting raid I have read was at the HQ of Sudanese Congress Party where 9 have reportedly arrested including its political secretary Mastour Ahmed. 
There are rumors that the central security soldiers in Sudan joined the protesters , I do not know how correct these rumors
Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas from couple of hours ago said that he got a tip that the internet may be cut off in Sudan. The news already created buzz online. Now from what I understand till this hour the internet is working but according to inside sources from the government , this option is on the table.
Here a compilation of videos I found today from Sudan showing the protests that you do not see in your usual news channel.

Omdurman : Wad Nabawy protest
Here is another protest late night in Khartoum where protesters chant “People want Freedom , peace and Justice”
Khartoum : People want Freedom , Peace and Justice
Source : Sudan Motion

#Sudan Revolts : Last one tried this , Ended in Maadi hospital !!

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Ok from several sources now it seems that the Sudanese government may block communication soon at least the internet in Khartoum and Omdurman in an attempt to stop the spread of protests in the country.

Now just in case Sudanese activists published these numbers for internet Dial Up services as DSL services are cut down. 

At this late hours several areas near Khartoum reported the internet services are cut.

I got several advices from Egypt :

  • The Sudanese should keep a list of doctors
  • The Sudanese should get Thorya phones to keep contact with outside world.
  • The Sudanese abroad should make noise regarding this matter
  • The Sudanese should try to use the dial up services “mentioned above already”

It is worth to mention that the last president tried to do this has ended up in Maadi hospital claiming to be sick to avoid 25 years in jail sentence !!

The witch hunt against politicians , protesters and activists is still on , here is a list showing some activists and protesters arrested in the past couple of days from Sudan Max News. You will find very young people among the detained , I think some of them are minors who should be released.

Here is  another Facebook Page following the news of protests in Sudan.

Is it Elections Results Day or war zone day !!?

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At 3 PM The Presidential elections committee is going to announce the name of the 5th President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The only thing we are sure that the next president is from Sharkia.

Rumors and leaks say that both Morsi and Shafik are winners , the leaks range from sources and members in the committee to judges in the constitutional court to former Presidential candidates to the daughter of General Sami Anan who allegedly told her friends that Shafik is the winner as well news that the Republican guards are protecting Shafik already !!!!

Banks are going to close their doors at 1 PM , some companies will allow the women to leave earlier. Daycare centers will also close their doors earlier. The streets are empty and people are terrified. People stock up cash and food. It is getting ridiculous thanks to the dirty rotten media machine.

People should be terrified after three weeks of media deception on how the MB got militias and Hamas is going to invade Sinai !! People should be terrified in Heliopolis when they see helicopters hovering all day long like that !! These photos are captured allegedly from Heliopolis by Waleed Abdel Nasser

Shall we see this scene every 4 years ?? This fear and this panic are not seen in the real democratic countries.

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